When I know its going to be a hectic morning, I start the night before with breakfast in the crockpot. We have a lot of family favorite breakfasts, but this one is for sure the easiest! Overnight Crockpot Oatmeal – Before
Crockpot Steel Cut Oatmeal
The Sungrown Kid Series Episode 6–Healthier Muffins!
A fairly healthy snack to keep in the freezer: Print Healthier MuffinsAuto Draft Ingredients 1 c flour (or sub any portion almond flour) 1 c oats 1/4 c bran (optional) 1/2 cup chopped pecans 2 T chia or flax seeds
The Sungrown Kid Series Episode 4–Breakfast Tricks!
Breakfast at our house rotates between a few main staples, lots of eggs, Yogurt with Granola usually paired with peanut butter toast, oatmeal with lots of toppings, pancakes and french toast. Some of my favorite kid friendly breakfast tricks are
Gifts from the Kitchen
Christmas gifts from the kitchen are well loved in our family. The kids love making them as much as their grandparents love eating them. A few years now we have been making batches of Almond Biscotti (recipe here) and we
Home Sweet Home, and Cranberry Muffins
I haven’t been writing lately, I’ve been cooking, we’ve been eating, but not much writing. This summer we moved…finally after house hunting since I was pregnant with our first. He is now 4 and his sister is 1 1/2. After
Homemade Instant Oatmeal — not from a packet
Our mornings can be crazy, hungry little kids ready to start the day before I am, and getting food on the table while they are under my feet can be challenging. I want them to start the day off with
A Brunch Menu
Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are coming up and I’m finally getting our last year’s meal posted, but this is a great menu for any special occasion served before noon. I have hosted many brunches over the years, many together
Applesauce Spice Cake, and Valentines
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and I was lucky enough to have two cool kids, (mine and a great friend) helping me in the kitchen today. A lot of great learning happens when kids pull up a chair at the
How to make a Fruit Plate
In culinary school, how your dish looked was equally, if not more important than how it tasted. It took me longer than just culinary school to get good at this. Now anyone can cut up fruit and mix it in
Almond Biscotti
The past couple Christmas’s, my family has found homemade biscotti under the tree. This year everyone is returning my tins asking for refills. After a night of wake ups with the baby, a biscotti dunked in coffee is a welcome